Auschwitz survivor dies in Luxembourg

Manot Gorge, an Auschwitz survivor living in Luxembourg Moselle town Machtum, has died aged 91.

22.10.2014

(CS/jag) Manot Gorge, an Auschwitz survivor living in Luxembourg Moselle town Machtum, has died aged 91.

Manot (Manfred) Gorge was born in Koblenz, the son of Czech immigrants. The family later moved to Luxembourg. During the war Gorge was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. But he survived and returned to the Grand Duchy, where he became an entrepreneur.

Gorge's memories of the war were last year recorded by the University of Luxembourg's Partizip 2 project, which aims to preserve eye-witness accounts of the Nazi occupation for the future.

Historian Paul Cerf has said that “the fate of Manfred Gorge, who survived deportation, would be enough material for a whole book.”

Gorge leaves behind three sons and one daughter.

Gorge's death comes less than a year after Luxembourg Auschwitz survivor Josy Schlang passed away aged 89. Schlang was the last remaining survivor who had Luxembourg nationality when he was deported.